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The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Despite many smaller brush fires igniting on Otay Mountain throughout the years following the Harris Fire of October 2007, which burned a significant portion of the Otay Mountain Wilderness, much of the area had not seen significant fire activity since, leading to a glut of overgrown native chaparral in the area which allowed the current fire to burn aggressively.
The Border 2 Fire grew from 800 to 5,300 acres and was just 10% contained Friday afternoon, prompting school closures and evacuation orders to the North and West of the Otay Mountain Wilderness ...
The Border 2 Fire near San Diego is the only fire currently less than 50% contained. The fire began in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the ...
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 8 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
The Mountain Fire began shortly before 9:00 a.m. PST on November 6 during an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center delineated an "extremely critical" risk area on their Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of low relative humidity values combined with a strong wind event with gusts of over 65 miles per hour (105 km/h ...
These maps show why. Sean Greene, Noah Haggerty. November 21, 2024 at 6:00 AM. The Mountain fire, driven by powerful winds, razed 243 buildings and damaged dozens more in Camarillo and nearby ...
During 2003, 9,116 wildfires [4] burned 1,020,460 acres (4,129.7 km 2) across the US state of California. [1] [2] In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen people. [8]